The legendary waveshaping sound of Z3TA+ (zay'-ta) is back – and better than ever. New filters, modulatable waveshapers, flexible effects, expressive control and a gorgeous new interface make Z3TA+ 2 one seriously powerful synth.

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About This Software

The legendary waveshaping sound of Z3TA+ (zay'-ta) is back – and better than ever. New filters, modulatable waveshapers, flexible effects, expressive control and a gorgeous new interface make Z3TA+ 2 one seriously powerful synth. It’s not often that a soft synth can be called a classic, but in the case of Z3TA+ it’s definitely appropriate. Used on countless tracks over the past decade, Z3TA+’s distinctive sound has been a staple of electronic artists the world over.

Z3TA+ 2 is the perfect add-on for any compatible digital audio workstation (including Music Creator 6 Touch which is also available on Steam).

Bigger and Badder

Z3TA+ 2 has a completely redesigned user interface that inspires performance and makes sound design clear and comfortable while preserving that signature sound that has made it a favorite of top producers and musicians around the world.

1000 New Sounds

Z3TA+ 2 has 1000 new patches, expertly crafted by a carefully selected design team – some of which designed the original Z3TA+ patches, which are also included.

The Sound of a Classic, Only Better

Z3TA+ 2 has a wealth of new sound design capabilities including new filter types, new waveshapers, new modulation destinations and a revamped effects section.

I've always been a fan of Cakewalk and Z3TA is an amazing addition to my DAW.Only problem I have is constant change of Freq while trying to port sounds into other software. Overall It's totally worth it and an amazing addition to synth arsenal

I'm a noob so it took me a while to figure out how to get this thing to work! At first I started it on its own and couldn't figure out how to hear the sounds and spent about 30 minutes troubleshooting. Then I learned how to launch it from Music Creator and then finally heard the sounds! It really is a powerful synthesizer and I'm looking forward to all of the funky sounds I can create with it.

Sometimes I geek out jamming on this at low volume when other people are sleeping. Other times I'm blasting the squeebs and the arps. It gets me doing the Ray Charles every time I get started. Best vst instrument ever.

Z3ta+2 is amazing and you should buy it. I first used a version a million years ago and while it was very powerful, the ui was terrible. Now, the UI is gorgeous and so easy to use. The fx sounds amazing and are incredibly easy to use as well. If you need any kind of synth or sound design or electronic music instruments this is a great choice. It's easy to use and learn and there's so much depth to it. It's the best synth in my collection.

A very interesting program for sound design. Lots of options and a really kick ♥♥♥ randomization feature that will 9 timees out of 10 produce something really cool. This is the type of program you can get lost in for hours due to the depth of the options and feature set.

I will start off by saying that Z3TA+2 is incredible, and it seems quite underrated.

This program has so much versatility to it that enables you to make so many awesome sounds. The waveshaping function is simply incredible. There are up to 6 oscillators, each with different modes such as sync, normal, inverted, and multi. You can't go wrong with 6 envelopes, 6 LFOs, and 2 filters. The envelopes and LFOs can be mapped to whatever you want. The filters have many different types that are not always on other VSTs, including comb, formant, and reso. There is a cool sounding resonance seperation slider, reso boost, and limiter. There is so many different shapes for sounds by default (however if you want a pure wave you'll likely need to import it yourself). There are many effects built into the synth, however they can be quite basic. You can choose if you want to map the distortion to a filter. I won't go too in-depth about the rest, as there are quite a few effects, however it will probably be a good idea to supply your own VST effects. Z3TA is an additive synthesizer. Now, because it's additive, it can be confusing at first. When I first loaded this up, I felt like I was looking at the controls of an alien spaceship. The matrix at the bottom can be slightly difficult to figure out at first, especially to one new at making electronic music, but once you get used to it, it is very powerful. You can use it to control knobs within Z3TA+2 with LFOs, envelopes, and other things. You can also use this to keytrack different values and map things to note velocityamong other things. It also supplies you with a curve option, which will exponentially or linearly increase the knob value depending on what you choose. The one thing that I do not like about it is that you cannot modulate specific options in the Envelope (such as attack, amount, decay, etc). You can still automate the knobs in your favorite DAW, so it's not the biggest deal. All in all, this is some great software. I will certainly use it in many of my songs. I highly recommend this to any seasoned electronic music creater. Disclaimer(sort of): I am not the greatest music producer, however my abilities are always growing. I learn something nearly every time i start FL. Also, Steam says I have only used this program for 5 minutes, and I will tell you that this is not true. I use Z3TA in FL Studio (as stated before), and to do that it cannot be ran from steam. I have used this program in at least 50 hours of making music from the point of writing this review, with many more spent simply experimenting.

This Synth is awesome! To be honest i don't think the preview video does it much justice. The sounds you can craft on it are amazing, grinding leads, heavy fat basslines, atmospheric pads. The presets included are perfect to get ideas, you can totally get immersed in the tweaking. This VST is pretty much my go to synth these days.

I had previously used the first version of Z3TA until it was wiped off my hard drive, i decided to invest in this version. I was happy to see that all the patches from the first Z3TA are included in Z3TA 2, so any synth presets i had used in tracks could easily be replaced by Z3TA 2.

Currently running smoothly on PC as a VST plug in with Renoise DAW. Really hope Steam does more VST's in the future.